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What do Tory MPs think of Liz Truss? A ‘toxic bomb’ that could sink the party

Less than a month in, the PM’s political capital is draining away. And party conference is unlikely to offer any relief, says Spectator deputy political editor Katy Balls

The Guardian - UK

Dame Hilary Mantel: the pivotal works of the celebrated author, from Every Day is Mother’s Day to Wolf Hall

A workaholic her entire life, Mantel produced some of this century’s greatest historical novels

Evening Standard

Melanie C: ‘Was Thatcher the first Spice Girl? Absolutely not’

Sporty Spice is telling it like it is in her new memoir, which details the true gruelling reality of being in the world’s biggest girlband. She looks back at it all, and what she’s learned, with Jessie Thompson

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Ukraine: how the UK press reported the Nazi invasion 1941-45

During the second world war there were notable exceptions to the at times slavish patriotic devotion the press showed to the government line. Weekly political titles such as New Statesman and Nation, the Spectator and the Economist challenged government policy more consistently than daily newspapers.

The Conversation

In Liz Truss’s cabinet, loyalty looks like the only quality that really counts

The prime minister has kept her friends close. But will that be enough, when winter bites, asks Katy Balls, the Spectator’s deputy political editor

The Guardian - UK

What will Boris Johnson do next after resigning as PM – and is he still an MP?

Boris Johnson has now been succeeded by a new prime minister following his resignation back in July 2022 due to his response to the Chris Pincher and Partygate scandals

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson’s worst quotes - from slamming single mums to Partygate apology

We've taken a look at some of the most scandalous and questionable things Boris Johnson has said as he is finally ousted as Prime Minister

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From rent strikes to free-speech walkouts – how did Durham University become a frontline of the UK’s culture wars?

Durham has become the focus of anger from both sides of the political spectrum. Students and academics try to explain why its campus skirmishes keep spilling out into the tabloids

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak: a claim too far

Editorial: The former chancellor’s false suggestion that Britain’s Covid lockdown went on too long will feed the paranoid politics of the Conservative right

The Guardian - UK

Truss and Sunak face Tory hustings after both say Covid lockdown went too far – as it happened

Latest updates: Tory leadership frontrunner reacts to Sunak comments, saying school closures went too far; pair meet Tory members in Norwich

The Guardian - UK

'Wounded' Rishi Sunak lifts lid on lockdown - and says 'empowering' experts 'screwed' UK

The former Chancellor gave his most eye-catching interview yet of the Tory leadership contest - but allies of Liz Truss accused him of 'thrashing around all over the place like a wounded stoat'

Daily Mirror

Truss has thrown red meat to Tory members – but the public has rather different tastes

Truss’s hard Conservatism and tax cuts are a worry to the Tory left, says Spectator deputy political editor Katy Balls

The Guardian - UK

Kuenssberg: Spectator party mood ‘very hot, very wild’ after Johnson resignation

The political journalist spoke to British Vogue for its September issue.

The Independent UK

Who will be in Liz Truss' Cabinet? All the predictions from Suella Braverman to IDS

Tax-slashing free marketeer Liz Truss, who has slammed 'handouts' for struggling Brits, is expected to appoint a string of right-wingers and allies to top jobs now she is Prime Minister

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Punk rocker Gord Lewis killed by his son, police say

Gord Lewis, the guitarist for punk rock band Teenage Head, was killed by his adult son over the weekend, police in Canada said.

Evening Standard

Dara Ó Briain gives savage response to Andrew Neil’s claim Mock the Week ‘deserved’ to be axed

It was announced earlier this week that the BBC was axing the panel show after 17 years to ‘create room for new shows’

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak: I was hoping for holiday after quitting as chancellor

Former minister denies he quit to force Boris Johnson out

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak v Liz Truss: all you need to know about PM contenders

Former Goldman Sachs analyst and pandemic chancellor is up against one-time accountant turned foreign secretary

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Tugendhat down, two to go: the Tory right is running out of time to beat Sunak

When Suella Braverman was knocked out, she begged her supporters to rally behind Liz Truss – but Kemi Badenoch snapped up more, says Katy Balls, deputy political editor of the Spectator

The Guardian - UK

‘A Jerusalem for everyone’: was the 2012 Olympics the last gasp of liberal Britain?

Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the London games was meant to be a celebration of Britain’s diverse history and its open-minded values. Ten years later, it seems more like a requiem

The Independent UK

Liz Truss vows to halt green levies as fears grow over Tory net zero promise

Foreign secretary wants to look again at ‘best way of delivering net zero’

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs are more focused on who they don’t want as leader than who they do

The two wings of the party are finding it increasingly hard to reconcile and are coalescing around ‘Stop Rishi’ or ‘Stop Liz’, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s deputy political editor

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: No grudges from Gove, Zahawi steps into the fray at Spectator party

Tory party hotbed at Spectator summer bash / Yasmin Finney settles into Doctor Who universe / Sid Vicious star battles paps

Liverpool Echo

Brilliant ways Merseysiders have hit back at Boris Johnson through the years

From The Three B*****ds pub to scarecrows and even forcing a grovelling apology from the future Prime Minister

Daily Mirror

'Boris Johnson is a shallow, disloyal, narcissistic phoney - and that led to his downfall'

Anyone who had followed Boris Johnson's career knew it was only a matter of time before those who needed to trust him would lose patience with this serial liar and shameless rule-breaker and dump him

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